Caitlyn Jenner is courageous and Glowing in “I Am Cait” Premiere
In true Kardashian fashion, Kylie first catches a glimpse of Caitlyn when she FaceTimes her while “loopy” at the dentist’s office.
Network, the Olympian champion and reality TV star made a pit-stop at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater on Friday night to give a special introduction to none other than LGBT icon Boy George.
The I Am Cait premiere opened with Caitlyn Jenner worrying to the camera about what a tough time many trans people are going through. This is going to be a acceptable group.
We learned so much about Caitlyn in the first hour of I Am Cait.
Later, Esther says that as proud as she was of Bruce Jenner when he stood on that Olympic podium in Montreal in 1976 (a triumph that’s briefly referenced early in the episode), she’s even prouder of Caitlyn Jenner now for taking this courageous journey.
Caitlyn shows off the Glam room in her Malibu home from her new docu-series I Am Cait E!
It is especially affecting to see Jenner’s 88-year-old mother, who admits it is difficult for her not to see Caitlyn as Bruce, work so hard to get it right.
She tweeted that Jenner was “is eloquent, powerful and wants to make a difference”.
Caitlyn also got to go backstage before the show.
What could have been just another Kanye West rant turned out to be a reflective, valid point on Jenner’s transition, and the weight of publicly coming out and embracing her female identity.
Last month, Caitlyn Jenner introduced herself to the world in a groundbreaking, 22-page Vanity Fair feature photographed by Annie Leibovitz and written by Pulitzer Prize victor Buzz Bissinger.
Caitlyn attended a memorial for Kyler Prescott, a 14-year-old transgender youth who committed suicide in May of 2015.
“We need to celebrate the kinds of changes that are happening”, he added.
EDITOR’S NOTE – Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. – Caitlyn, upon finding out she’d broken a record for most new Twitter followers.
Further, Jenner’s first four children refused to appear in the series, expressing concern that using the Keeping Up with the Kardashians production team and airing I Am Cait on E! will sensationalize Jenner’s message of trans acceptance.